I saw the fluk multimeter about a month ago. It needs new batteries and a
fuse, but is otherwise fine.
-Ryan
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Zach . <organic_unity at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>> Zach here and this is my first attempt at posting to the email list.
> I'm writing this because I believe we desperately need a new multimeter to
> work with and am not sure how to go about the process of noisebridge getting
> one. But allow me to explain first...
>> noisebridge used to have a very nice Fluke multimeter that went missing
> some months ago. I have looked all over for it but it has yet to turn up.
> I am in the process of repairing some LCDs for noisebridge (got one working
> already) and could be saved a great deal of time and effort with a better
> multimeter. The best one we have now is a "Vichy" brand. I personally find
> it incredibly low quality and a very large pain to use. And its capacitance
> readout maxes out under 400uf...which is a joke.
>> I recommend we collect donations for this very important electrical tool
> for the benefit of noisebridge and everyone else at the space. Great Fluke
> meters are inexpensive these days and a quick ebay search pulls up one at a
> good price:
>>>http://cgi.ebay.com/FLUKE175-TRUE-RMS-MULTIMETER-EXC-CONDITION-CASE-/190484916097?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c59c92781>> the Fluke 175 is a superb meter measuring capacitance to 10,000uf or TWENTY
> TIMES higher than our current best meter. This will make repairs far
> easier. It also has RMS frequency reading, high voltage (600v), and is far
> more accurate. It also reads more than twice as fast.
>> so....what do people think? sorry I don't know how this process is
> supposed to work, people just told me to post to the list so here I am...
>> best,
> Zach
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